**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTIONFROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINEONE OF BARACK OBAMA'...

Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed DiggsWinner of the National Book Award for FictionFrom the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive.Henry Shackleford is a ...

WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2024THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERBARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKAMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' LOUISE KENNEDY'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN'THIS is his best book' A...

**Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for FictionWinner of the Gotham Book PrizeOne of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year"Oprah's Book Club PickNew York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyNamed one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and TIME MagazineA Washington Post Notable NovelFrom the author of The Heaven & Earth Grocer...

From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird: The modern classic that spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list and that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation.Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musici...

Il capolavoro che ha conquistato l’America: oltre un milione di copie vendute, considerato tra i migliori libri degli ultimi venticinque anni dai lettori del «New York Times».James McBride, uno degli autori americani contemporanei più brillanti, già vincitore del National Book Award, torna con un capolavoro assoluto che negli Stati Uniti è stato il romanzo letterario più importante dell’anno.Nell’America degli anni Trenta, il quartiere di Chicken Hill a Pottstown, Pennsylva...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKFrom author of NYT bestseller, THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STOREA NATIONAL BOOK AWARD winner & WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTIONTOP TEN books of the year, NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST'Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic.' JOYCE CAROL OATES'Deeply felt, beautifully written and profound...

'Een moordmysterie opgesloten in een Great American Novel.'– THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'De Hemel & Aarde Winkel" begint in 1972, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, als bij graafwerkzaamheden een skelet en wat voorwerpen, zoals een mezoeze, worden aangetroffen – wat de politie ertoe brengt de enige joodse inwoner van het stadje te ondervragen. Het onderzoek wordt echter bemoeilijkt wanneer de plaats delict wordt weggevaagd door orkaan Agnes. McBride keert vervolgens terug naar het Pottstown v...

En 1972, des ouvriers de Pottstown, dans l’État de Pennsylvanie, découvrent des restes humains au fond d’un puits.À Chicken Hill, quartier pauvre où se côtoient Juifs et Noirs américains, l’identité du squelette et la manière dont il est arrivé là sont deux secrets bien gardés.Moshe et Chona vivent là depuis des lustres, et rien n’échappe à leur attention. Moshe s’occupe du théâtre, et Chona, de la petite épicerie du Paradis sur Terre. Alors, quand les auto...

« Enfant, je n'ai jamais su d'où venait ma mère. »Arrivé à l'âge adulte, James McBride interroge celle qui l'a élevé et dont la peau est tellement plus claire que la sienne. Il découvre l'histoire cachée de Ruth, fille d'un rabbin polonais qui a bravé tous les interdits pour épouser un Noir protestant en 1942.Reniée par sa famille, elle élève James et ses onze frères et sœurs dans la précarité, le chaos et la joie. Pour elle, peu importe la couleur de peau....

Nata in Polonia in una famiglia di ebrei ortodossi, Rachel Deborah Shilsky cresce nell’America degli anni Venti divisa tra la severità di Tate e la dolcezza di Mame, fino a quando nel 1941 fugge ad Harlem, sposa un nero e viene ripudiata dai suoi familiari. Da allora Rachel Shilsky è morta. Doveva morire per far vivere Ruth McBride Jordan, l’altra, più autentica, versione di sé. James McBride, uno dei suoi dodici figli, è rimasto all’oscuro di tutto ciò fino all’età adulta, quando, per met...

**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTIONFROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINEONE OF BARACK OBAMA'...